For years on end, there has been a wide gender pay gap in Latin American countries. According to research by the World Economic Forum, the gap averages 29.8% in the following countries: Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil.

Compliance with international labor and employment issues has become a concern for more organizations because each country in which they operate has its own labor laws. If organizations want to remain compliant, those laws must be taken seriously and followed.

On 27th March 2018, the Labour Court gave a ruling on the matter of SATAWU and Others versus Sihlangene Security & Cleaning CC and Another (Case No: JS 79/11) expressing its displeasure in the procedure of dismissal of the employees involved as well as the failure to prove that the employees were dismissed for a fair reason or on an operational basis.

While that may have been an effective catchphrase of a certain reality show celebrity, the lack of at-will employment laws outside the U.S. makes it significantly more complicated to process involuntary terminations in other countries.